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Viewer Warning: this recipe may be offensive to some who can not imagine cracking open a jar of ready-made marinara sauce. For everyone else, this is a good, easy, throw-together meal that’s one of my go-to recipes on those nights I have absolutely nothing to make for dinner. In [...] Keep Reading

I’d been making panini for my cookbook (I have one more day of cooking left; hurray and burp) and wound up with a bunch of leftover ingredients at the end of the day. I needed to fix a quick dinner for the kids, so I scanned the kitchen for the ingredients that hold the most broad [...] Keep Reading

Note: Since this recipe is featured on the Food Network episode this morning, I’m bringing it to the front for easy reference. This really is one of my favorite recipes here on The Pioneer Woman Cooks, and I regularly hear from people who’ve made it with great success. [...] Keep Reading

WARNING: I’m afraid I’m going to be obsessed with soup this fall. I apologize in advance. Something about the recent lifting of the two-thousand degree weather has made me really excited about finally being able to eat hot food made in pots. I made three soups last week, unsure [...] Keep Reading

Boy, oh boy. This was one good Sunday dinner. In my next cookbook–the one I’ve been working on and am almost finished with and can no longer button my jeans because of–I have a delightful barbecue chicken recipe that’s chock full of fresh peaches. It’s divine. [...] Keep Reading

There was an insanely authentic and delicious Mexican food dive in the general vicinity of my college campus. It was basically a hut with a drive-through–I’m not even sure it had a seating area inside–and it was the perfect fare for my fellow dormmates and me: high on fat [...] Keep Reading

This is my second this-has-absolutely-nothing-to-do-with-Easter-or-Passover recipe of the week. Welcome to my world! I made barbecue chicken a few days ago, and instead of grabbing one of the four million delicious bottled options in my pantry (can someone explain to me why I have four [...] Keep Reading

Before I share this recipe with you, let me warn you: it’s a royal mess. But as is the case with many messy dishes (cinnamon rolls, anyone?), it’s also darn delicious. These are my brother’s chicken tacos. He made them for dinner at our house last night. And truth be [...] Keep Reading

I love panini. I love all varieties of panini. I whipped this one up yesterday. It’s nice and basic, and can be adapted by using storebough/rotisserie chicken if you’d like to omit the marinating/grilling process, and adding things like artichoke hearts and olives if you want [...] Keep Reading

Make this today. Sorry to be bossy. But this is important. I whipped up this casserole yesterday and loved it. I had a chicken in the fridge, a couple of boxes of mushrooms, and the sheer will to eat a big ol’ plate of comfort food. It resembles a tetrazzini more than anything, but [...] Keep Reading

I am a lover of braised meats, whether it be pot roast or short ribs or beef brisket…or the chicken dish I’m sharing with you today. Just give me some meat, a pot with a lid, some combination of liquid ingredients, and I’ll be eating out of your hand…as long as your [...] Keep Reading

I have another lemon pasta recipe on this site, and it’s always been a summertime favorite of mine. If you haven’t traveled to the land of mixing lemon and pasta, it can seem a little foreign at first. But the fact is, it’s a dreamy and delicious pairing that knocks my [...] Keep Reading

Man, was this ever good. I should back up and apologize from the bottom of my heart for loving pasta so much. But you see, the whole point of a website called “The Pioneer Woman Cooks” is to show you what The Pioneer Woman is cooking. I call myself The Pioneer Woman. I cook a [...] Keep Reading

We returned from Orlando around noon Sunday, and after a quick stop at the grocery store and the long, desolate drive down our long, desolate gravel road, I headed straight…for my kitchen. I’d been gone for exactly two weeks. As God is my witness, I’m never leaving my [...] Keep Reading

Happy anniversary week! I have lots of fun things planned, including recipes, awesome giveaways, and a Jupiter Jump! Go ahead and kick off your shoes. I’m starting off the fun with this yummy sandwich, inspired by the wonderful Sara Moulton, whom I used to watch on TV as I was [...] Keep Reading

This is the second of two chicken-centered pantry meals I made last week after discovering a slew of chicken legs that were close to their expiration date. Any chicken pieces can be substituted—I actually love thighs the best—and you can throw in whatever other ingredients [...] Keep Reading

This is a pantry meal! Well, sorta. Yesterday afternoon, after surveying the state of my refrigerator, I realized I had a slew of chicken legs that were going to be skating dangerously close to expiring if I didn’t act fast. After giving them a sniff and deeming them fit for human [...] Keep Reading

This yummy recipe is brought to us by my good friend Ryan, whom I affectionately call Pastor Ryan. But you can call him Ryan, The P.R., Renaissance Man, or Jeremy Renner. Or you can call him Pastor Ryan. And speaking of Jeremy Renner, please look at this resemblance: Jeremy [...] Keep Reading

I have a friend named Ivory Hut. I love that girl. Ivory Hut has a husband who is, among many things, Trinidadian. Recently, Tom—who’s the type of man who’d take his elderly mother back to her home country for an extended trip because the winters in America are difficult [...] Keep Reading

This is a comfort food from my childhood on the golf course, and something I highly recommend if you’ve never come across it in your life. It’s beautiful, simple homemade Chicken and Noodles—a thick, hearty dish not to be confused with a thinner, brothier chicken noodle [...] Keep Reading